Railway-switch.



W. M. MOSIER.

RAILWAY SWITCH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1915.

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RAILWAY SWITCH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9 1915.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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WILLIAM M. Mosrn'n, or BONNER SPRINGS, KANSAS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Switches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway switches, an object of the invention being to provide a derailer for both the main line and the siding which will be drawn into operative position when the switch is thrown, so that danger of a train traveling upon either the main line or the siding being side-wiped by a train traveling upon the other track will be effectively prevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide a derailer which will be automatically operated upon the actuation of the, switch. WVith the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction,

combinationand arrangement of parts s'e't forth in the following specification and fall ing within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view showing the main line open, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the main line closed to the side line, Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4: is a sectional view approximately on the line 41 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the derailers.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates the tracks of the main line, 2 the tracks of the side line, 3 the switch rails which are arranged between the main and side lines. The switch rails have their points connected by the usual bridle rod 4:, and the bridle rod in the present instance extends beyond the opposite sides of the tracks. Connected to the opposite ends of the bridle rod 4, through the medium of the links 4. and 5 respectively are bell crank levers 6 and 7 respectively. The bell crank lever 6 is arranged to the opposite side of the main line and the bell crank lever 7 is arranged to the outer side of the siding.

The numerals 8 and 9 respectively designate longitudinally extending rods, each of which are preferably formed of two members connected by turnbuckles 1010, so that the rods may be readily adjusted. The

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rod 8 has 'it's'free end pivotally connected with a substantially L-shaped member 11,-

the saidmemberbeingpivoted, as at 12, to a suitable tie or to a block arranged in the roadbed for this purpose. It will be particularly noticed that the block 12 has a base flange 18' mounted upon it, a vertical pivot bei'ng formed upon this base flange.

After; the derailing member has been so placed upon the block 12 that the pivot 19 will pass through its opening 12, a rivet head will then be formed upon the pivot 19 as indicated at 18. The arm of the L-shaped lever 11, opposit that connected with the rod 8 is provided with an enlargement forming ashoe or derailer indicated by the numeral 13. The shoe is of a greater width than that of the lever proper, and preferamember 15 which is adapted to contact with the outer face of the outer rail of the main line. The upper face of the said frog or "de- -railer at its portion which overlies the said outer rail of the main line is horizontally straight, as indicated by the numeral 16 and is of course arranged at an angle with respect to the flange 14.

Fig. 4 shows the precise formation and disposition of the shoe from which it will be seen that each shoe consists of a hori- Zontally straight fiat base portion having a reduced part fulcrumed upon said pivot and.

disposed upon its base flange 13, whereby said base portion may pivotally move in a line with the top of the head of the rail and rest thereupon. The rod 9 likewise connects with one of the arms 17 of an angle member 18, the said angle member being pivoted, as at 19, and the second arm of the said angle member is provided with a derailer or shoe similar to that just described. It is, of course, to be understood that the shoes are arranged in reversed relation to each "other; that is, arranged to permit of the shoe of the angle lever 17 swinging over the outer rail of the siding when the bridle bar is moved to open the switch to the main line and also to permit of the shoe of the said member 17 being brought out of engagement with the rail of the siding and the shoe of the member 11 brought over the outer rail of the main line when the bridle bar is moved in an opposite direction to Patented Apr. 18, 1916. Application filed April 9, 1915. seriarno. 20,270. i

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"copies of this patent may be obtained for open the siding. The link 5 is centrally provided with an eye and this eye is engaged by a depending nnger 21 provided upon the turning rod 22.015 aswitchstand 23, the actuating lever for the said turning rod being indicated by the numeral 24 and this lever is adapted to be thrown in one of lug formed upon the shoe. This lug is formed upon the shoe diagonally of the length of the angle member 18 and it has a straight edge adapted to engage the rail to cause theshoe to be disposed diagonally of the rail.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be a perfectly apparent: to those skilled in the art to vwhich such invention appertains without further detailed description.

This diagonal movement takes place as a consequence of the structure of Having thus described the invention, what Iclaim is:

In a device of the class described, in com- 'bination with a-rail, ablock secured alongside of said rail, a vertical pivot mounted upon said block, a derailing' shoe, a base flange on said block carried by said pivot,

said shoe consisting of a .horizontally straight fiat baseportion having a reduced part fulcrumed upon said pivot and disposed upon its flange whereby said base portion may pivotally move in a line with the top of the head of the rail. and rest there- .u on an o cratin crank inte rall formed b b upon the base portion of said shoe, means engaging said arm to operate said shoe, said shoe being substantially L-shaped and adapted to swing with its corner projecting beyond the inner side of said rail, an upstanding flange formed upon one of the" edges of said L-shaped shoe, and an integral depending lug formed uponsaid' shoe diagonally of the length of said last named flange and having a straight edge adapted to en- 'gage said rail to cause said shoe to bedisposed diagonally ofsaid rail.

. In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. I ,WILLIAM M. MOSIER. Witnesses: v W. E. DowNs R, T. FILKIN.

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